Early treatment with GH alone in Turner syndrome: Prepubertal catch-up growth and waning effect

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-572

  Wasniewska, Malgorzata ^e   De Luca, Filippo ^e   Bergamaschi, Rosalba ^a   Guarneri, Maria Pia ^b   Mazzanti, Laura ^a   Matarazzo, Patrizia ^c   Petri, Antonella ^d   Crisafulli, Giuseppe ^e   Salzano, Giuseppina ^e   Lombardo, Fortunato ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY HEIGHT; BONE MATURATION; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 9444291846     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1510567     Document Type: Article

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